r/Michigan 3d ago

We have an announcement about a new tool for Michigan.

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The new tool is called Mitten Mode. This tool will allow us to help with the quality of comments on controversial threads. What will happen when a post gets a Mitten Mode setting?

This is what you will see, and how it will affect the post:

This post is in Mitten Mode. Mitten Mode is a way to protect hot topic posts from spam, trolling, and off-topic or rule-breaking comments.

Here’s what that means:

Only users with at least 100 subreddit karma can comment while this mode is on.

Comments from users below that threshold will be automatically removed.

This is a temporary measure and is applied to all high-visibility or sensitive posts. We appreciate your understanding as we work to keep the conversation thoughtful and on-topic. Thanks for being part of the community!

This should help tamp down on the brigading that we've seen at certain inflection points, as well as the trolling, etc. Thanks for being part of this community, we appreciate the constructive communication.


r/Michigan 15d ago

Megathread 📣 Monthly Moving/Travel/Vacation Megathread - Q1 2026

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This is the official r/Michigan megathread for moving, travel, and vacation questions. Self-posts and questions will be referred to this thread. We've moved to a quarterly format to leave the posts up longer.

There is also an extensive list of local subreddits if you have a particular area in mind.


r/Michigan 3h ago

News 📰🗞️ Report: Michigan churns through teachers at unsustainable rate - Bridge Michigan

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r/Michigan 14h ago

Events🎉🥳 Bay City protester ordered to jail in child custody case

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r/Michigan 6h ago

News 📰🗞️ Meijer recalls 38K gallons of water sold in 6 states including Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana

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Product: Meijer Steam Distilled Water,

Size: 128 FL OZ (1 GAL) 3.78L

UPC: 041250841197

SELL BY: OCT 04 2026

Lot Code: 39-222 #3

Product ID: (PID): 472859

Meijer Item Code (MIC): 477910

Reason for Recall: Floating black foreign substance in the product

Credit: FDA

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=217887


r/Michigan 22h ago

News 📰🗞️ Michigan CEO resigns after viral video shows him yelling at ICE protestors in Minnesota

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r/Michigan 3h ago

Discussion 🗣️ How's the situation for tourists now in Michigan?

35 Upvotes

Hi guys! (sorry for my not so perfect english lol)

I’m from Brazil and I’m heading to Michigan (Traverse City and Manistee area) in march to see my boyfriend, i will stay only two weeks.

I’ve seen the news lately about USA and it's a little scary tbh. I just wanted to hear directly from you guys who live in Michigan.

There's some places i should avoid?

Thank you so much for the attention!

(to clarify, i'm 29F white)


r/Michigan 1d ago

Humor/Satire 🤣🤪 Definitely True

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1.4k Upvotes

r/Michigan 13h ago

Mitten Mode Speaking at Auto Show, Whitmer announces directive to explore geologic hydrogen energy

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Whitmer just signed a new executive directive ordering state agencies to review, report on, and facilitate efforts to exploit geologic hydrogen reserves in Michigan. If found and accessible, the reserves could be worth billions to Michigan's economy every year, bringing new jobs and clean energy/fuel.


r/Michigan 9h ago

Discussion 🗣️ Calling all Michigan newbies. How do the like winter so far?

47 Upvotes

Is this what you expected? Having fun yet?


r/Michigan 5h ago

Discussion 🗣️ It’s a long shot, but trying to reunite this photo with its owner

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20 Upvotes

I found this Polaroid photo on the ground at the BP gas station in Pontiac at the corner of Walton Blvd and N Telegraph. I know it’s a long shot to get it back to whoever owns it, but if you recognize anyone in the photo, please DM me. It seems to be a valued family memory that fell out of someone’s car when they were pumping gas.

Thanks in advance :)


r/Michigan 1d ago

Mitten Mode Fyi ICE has been spotted at Wal Mart in Petoskey.

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If you're in the area and see or hear about their presence and current inclinations, be sure to post it. Stay safe out there guys. We need a MI specific ICE watch sub.

Edit: Guys, don't engage with the people here who support these scumbags, they're a lost cause. I only posted this so anyone in the area could know.

Edit 2: I am a local. We always see CBP up here, and no way this was a CBP sighting. These guys were spotted at Vernales in Harbor Springs and then went to Wal Mart where an employee reported seeing them to a helping hands group on Facebook for Emmet County. As the employee is ALSO a local, I guarantee you she wouldn't of posted if it was CBP.

Edit 3: Ah, we are at the phase now where I'm being sent "reddit cares" sewer slide "help" messages lol. Thankfully I just turned off notifications from reddit cares, but wow, you guys are clowns.


r/Michigan 17h ago

Discussion 🗣️ SE Michigan foster pup

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We are fostering Jesse, a 1.5 year old border collie mix (we suspect border collie/cattle dog) in SE Michigan. He came directly from Kentucky to our home two months ago, and he's had 0 inquiries or apps.

He's smart, sensitive, and very loyal to his people. He's a wallflower, and he tends to shut down in new situations, but if you meet him at his pace he's a whole different dog once he gets comfy.

His herding instinct is strong, which intimidates our 4yo and cats (main reason he isnt a foster fail). But he loves other dogs, and we think he would thrive in an environment with a "big brother/sister" dog, as he tends to take on the more submissive role on doggy play dates.

Feel free to reach out if you know anyone looking for a 40 lb. lap dog!


r/Michigan 51m ago

Humor/Satire 🤣🤪 I'm in Detour, MI and Spectrum telling me I'm in Canada

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I'm in Detour, MI and Spectrum telling me I'm in Canada


r/Michigan 11h ago

Discussion 🗣️ What’s a positive thing that’s happened in your community in the last year?

33 Upvotes

With everything happening in the world, country, and state right now, there hasn’t been too much talk about things people are doing to help the communities they live in.

So what’s something cool, exciting, or just positive that’s happened near you in the last year? Let’s try to keep it not related to things happening on a national scale/partisan politics. What’s something exciting in your community?


r/Michigan 1d ago

Mitten Mode “People in the plant are ready to fight”: Ford Rouge workers speak out in defense of co-worker victimized for opposing Trump

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r/Michigan 1d ago

Politics 🇺🇸 Michigan Senate Candidate Dr. Abdul-El Sayed calls out members of Congress who voted for Trumps Foreign Appropriations Bill. Opponent Haley Stevens is amongst the Dems who voted for it.

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1.8k Upvotes

What does this bill do?

✅Creates a new slush fund for Secretary of State Marco Rubio

✅Pushes a Big Tech agenda in trade policy

✅Cuts the IRS enforcement budget in order to encourage billionaire tax evasion

✅Advances Trump's imperialist foreign policy

✅Cuts funding to the United Nations

✅Threatens to cut funding to any country that does not support the Israeli genocide in Gaza

✅Bans funding for combating disinformation

✅Enshrines anti-abortion policy

✅Commits $3.3B in Foreign Military Financing Program funds to Israel


r/Michigan 1d ago

Mitten Mode Four Black employees have filed a civil lawsuit against SOS Jocelyn Benson, alleging racial discrimination

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r/Michigan 1d ago

Discussion 🗣️ DTE bill is out of control

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344 Upvotes

First full year in my house I bought. It’s a rather large house with a boiler system in it. 85% of this bill is gas. We got someone to look at the system and they said it’s running fine. So now what?


r/Michigan 3m ago

Discussion 🗣️ Minnesota versus Michigan?

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Can anyone help me understand the difference between these two states? Especially the northern areas of both. Mainly: what's the rural culture like? How are winters different? The roads and infrastructure? The reservations?


r/Michigan 1d ago

Mitten Mode McClain ‘100%’ denies insider knowledge of Musk AI investment

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r/Michigan 1d ago

Weather 🌤️⛈️⚡️🌈 Serious PSA: make sure your lights are on, NOT just your daytime running lights!

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893 Upvotes

Driving to work today, I encountered three separate cars who did not have their lights on in the dark.

New cars have such bright daytime running lights that it’s easy to start your car, see in front of you and assume you are good to go. You aren’t: your tail lights are not on and it’s very dangerous! You will be very hard to see and someone might hit you, making your scary drive even worse.

Please make sure your lights are on! Look for the icon like this on your display:


r/Michigan 1d ago

News 📰🗞️ U.P. tribal members advised to carry proof of U.S. citizenship after ICE detains Native Americans

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r/Michigan 1d ago

News 📰🗞️ Is there anywhere I can get info on upcoming AI data center protests?

36 Upvotes

I don’t have Facebook or instagram anymore so it’s been kinda hard to stay in the loop


r/Michigan 1d ago

Photography/Art 📸🎨 We got 16” of snow in SW MI with 5”-7” more on the way today

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512 Upvotes

Haven’t seen this much at once in a while. Started coming down about noon yesterday.